2026-07-10

Nanya plans a $6bn spending surge in 2027 to ride the AI memory boom

Nanya Technology spent years as the also-ran of the memory business, the Taiwanese DRAM maker that Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron never had to worry about much. The AI boom has changed the arithmetic. The company now plans to spend around $6bn in 2027 as it races to expand capacity into a memory shortage that […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-10

EU says Facebook and Instagram's 'addictive' design is illegal

The European Commission says Facebook's and Instagram's addictive designs violate the Digital Services Act. [...]

2026-07-10

'I find myself in the novel position of looking for a job' — 27-year Bethesda veteran who designed Skyrim's humanoid races and a Microsoft dev behind Xbox backwards compatibility have been laid off

Thousands of Xbox staff have been laid off, including two industry veterans who worked at Microsoft and Bethesda for decades. [...]

2026-07-10

Mint Mobile's epic Galaxy S26 deal is back in stock — get $500 off any device in the range, plus a full year of unlimited data for cheap

Mint Mobile's popular Galaxy S26 series deal quickly sold out last time it was in stock — but now it's back again if you're quick. [...]

2026-07-10

SK Hynix raises $26.5 billion, is the biggest foreign listing in U.S. history in its Nasdaq debut

The South Korean memory chipmaker priced 177.9 million ADRs at $149 each, topping Alibaba's 2014 U.S. offering [...]

2026-07-10

OpenAI's product chief is stepping down after a chronic illness derailed her recovery

Fidji Simo, who was Sam Altman's second in command, will become a part-time advisor after her POTS condition worsened [...]

2026-07-10

Wally Funk, last of Mercury 13 and oldest woman in space, dies at 87

"I have been waiting a long time to finally get up there..." [...]

2026-07-10

Rocket Report: "Panic" over Transporter availability; Isar to launch from Canada

"We are delighted to actively help shape the ramp-up of the Ariane 6." [...]

2026-07-10

Like a cheat code for your car: We investigate ECU tuning

Now it's an arms race between OEMs locking down chips and tuners trying to crack them. [...]